Borstal Institutions Act
7. Power of court to direct youthful offender undergoing imprisonment to be sent to borstal institution
7. Power of court to direct youthful offender undergoing imprisonment to be sent to borstal institution
The officer in charge of a prison in which a youthful offender is imprisoned in execution of a sentence of imprisonment may bring him, if he has not then attained the age of eighteen years, before the High Court or a subordinate court having jurisdiction to try the offence of which he was originally convicted, and such court may, after considering the matters specified in section 5, direct that instead of undergoing the residue of his sentence in prison he be sent to a borstal institution for the unexpired residue of a period of three years commencing on the date upon which the sentence of imprisonment began to run.Source: Kenya Law